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Who led the troops that stopped John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E Lee

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

What was John Brown's intention for his raid on Harper's Ferry?

• to start a widespread slave revolt

• to guarantee that Kansas would be a free state

• to rescue a fugitive slave from prison

• to kidnap the mayor and hold him for ransom

What happened to John Brown after he led his raid on Harper's Ferry

• He was sent to prison for life

• He was exiled from the United States

• He was tried and hung

• He was found not guilty

Which southern state was the first to secede before the Civil War?

• Alabama

• North Carolina

• Mississippi

• South Carolina

What event caused the first southern state to secede?

• John Brown's raid

• Bleeding Kansas

• Lincoln's election

• Nat Turner's rebellion

What premise did Dred Scott use to sue for his freedom?

• He insisted slavery was immoral and unjust.

• He lived in a free state for a period of time

• He claimed to have been kidnapped and sold into slavery

• He noted certain states allowed African Americans to vote

In the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court held what premise?

• Slaves were not free just because they resided in territory where slavery was not allowed

• Slaves were automatically freed if they entered territory where slavery was not allowed

• It was illegal for slave owners to move into free territory with slaves

• It was illegal for slave owners to travel through free territory withy slaves

What legislation was passed by Congress in an attempt to pacify the South and keep them in the Union

• the Fugitive Slave Act

• the Tariff of Abominations

• the 1832 Ordinance of Nullification

• the Alien and Sedition Act

Which idea best describes the viewpoints of the Republican Party formed during the Antebellum Era?

• They were anti-business and opposed protective tariffs and government subsidies of railroads

• They were free soilists who did not oppose slavery but did not want it to expand into new territories

• They were progressive reformers who supported social programs to ease poverty in urban areas

• They were staunch abolitionists and wanted slavery abolished in every state

What political party emerged over the free soil issue?

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Progressives

• Populists